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Finderscope + Eyepice = Recycled small scope
Finderscope + Eyepice = Recycled small scope
Not everyone will like this idea, but I'm doing it anyway. I'm strapping an eyepice onto a finderscope.
Reason for doing it? The standard eyepice supplied with the finderscope is small and boring. A half decent eyepice will look cool (important) , work better for my old eyes and make a nice travel scope (and its cloudy in QLD for the next week...). See picture 1 for a comparison of the replacement (big) eyepice with the standard eyepice and you'll be satisfied with the reason.
Ingredients:
GSO 50x8 finderscope (sold as York Optical brand),
GSO 20mm superview wide angle (sold as York Optical brand),
Hacksaw, file,
Glue (of some sort that will bond metals).
How did i do it?
I removed the locking ring from the front of the finderscope and put everything back together again because you need to wind the lens "in" closer to the replacement eyepice. The replacement eyepice "sticks out" out more (in this design) then the crappy eyepice and the locking ring restricts the amount of movement.
Diagram 2 shows that you can "shorten" the eyepice by removing the silver part (technical term) of the eyepiece and get it closer to the front lens.
I removed the back plate that holds the eyepice so that I can "shorten" it by about five millimeters with a hacksaw. Once again, trying to get the eyepice closer to the lens. Diagram 3 shows the back plate after it had been cut and put back onto the scope. Filed it smooth.
Glue the eyepice to the back plate and enjoy. The end.
The results so far look great but I cant say more because the clouds are spoiling all my fun. The moon looks great in between the clounds ditto a few starts. Picute 4 shows the final product.
Have a nice day, Markus.
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